Oh Boy! I Just Listened to Rush Limbaugh on CBS NEWS with Kiss-Ass Katie!

[The Cleaner]

Unbelievable! Katy and her "Free Speech" BS segment brought the likes of Rush Limbaugh on to tell us the CORRECT view of this Administration and this war.

Can it be any more obvious that CBS has gone completely right wing? What a sellout!

[NC_Nurse]

1. " Free speech"????

No Rush is paid dumbass!!! WELL paid. Sheesh!

[elehhhhna]

60. SHe called Free Speech an "privilege" on her first night.

It used to be a RIGHT.

good times...good times...

[AX10]

2. CBS has chosen to be in the same league as Fox "News" by....

chosing Couric as their new "reporter" (Repub mouthpiece).

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. He doesn't get enough time in syndication? He needs to be on CBS too?

[gratuitous]

4. Well, you know Rush doesn't have any other platform

So a few unrebutted minutes on a network evening news program is sort of a break for the poor guy. I'm glad Katie hands over some of the most valuable air time on the planet to such an underserved person and his views, which otherwise wouldn't be heard anywhere else.

And I'm sure she'll have Noam Chomsky, Studs Terkel, Cliff Kindy and Gene Stoltzfus on for similar segments just any time now.

[lisa58]

5. If cbs had limbaugh on - I'm done!

[WinkyDink]

19. No "if". He was just on!

[lisa58]

27. How sick is that...

...what are they thinking?

[peacebird]

6. I had to turn it off while KAK was doing her newsy bit on the vaccine

starting with the breathless coo of how much this topic interested her because she has two little girls......

Katie - it ain't about YOU.....

did Limpballs convert any liberals? He had said it would be a success if he could open our eyes.....

[AspenRose]

26. She really did that?!? How unprofessional

*trying to picture Brokaw, Rather, Jennings, Koppel doing that*

:crazy:

[City Lights]

42. Maybe tomorrow they'll air a rerun of her colonoscopy. eom

[sam sarrha]

7. did you hear Limpballs spiel on obesity is due to food stamps over feeding

the poor.. that is why more poor are obese.. not because they can only afford pasta and fried food

i was livid for a week... may his dick turn as blue as viagra and fall off..

[demgurl]

11. Is that why Rush was so obese....

because he was poor????? First time I have ever heard him talk about his financial situation. That is interesting.

[Berry Cool]

16. Keith Olbermann's reaction to Rush back when he first said that:

"Really, Rush?? YOU get food stamps??" :rofl:

[Lex]

17. I heard him say that.

KO has great comedic timing when he wants to.

[demgurl]

29. Great minds think alike.

:rofl:

[bluedog]

8. and they call this a "news program".....its more like a chat show////n/t

[nomaco-10]

13. The corporate whore media has decided....

that we are all too stupid to comprehend the real news. Now, if Paris Hilton gets a dui, that's news.

[Lex]

9. So CBS legitimizes that gasbag, racist, homophobic Rush Limbaugh?

By allowing him to go on and on spewing his idiocy?

:wtf:

[citizen snips]

10. has CBS gone fucking mad?

[depakid]

12. The entire consilidated media has gone mad

and needs to be divested and re-regulated. Simple as that.

[Lex]

14. So it seems. Who's next, that "God Hates Fags" guy on CBS

to give his viewpoint?

Too bad Timothy McVeigh was executed--maybe Katie would like to hear his viewpoint on politics.


OMG.

[CatholicEdHead]

15. I caught that segment on purpose

as it was plugged here earlier in the week.

It was disgusting, what you expect by elRushBo. Basically, we need to unite as a country and fight Islamofacism and give free passes to those minor Abu Grib and Gitmo things. That is a paraphrased summary of his speal. :puke: :puke:

[BREMPRO]

18. OMG...the media fix for 06 is in play!

Ive watched CBS for years and NEVER have I seen such a blatant bias in their news reporting since Couric took over the helm... the "are we safer" special last night she hosted was a platform for RW and the Bush administration propaganda with softball questions and solidarity with Bush and NOW to see LIMBAUGH given a MSM soapbox..OMFG... complete sell out. The RW are using their media muscle to manipulate the public to win 06. IF this relentless assault on the truth continues, the lemmings will follow. I'm Boycotting CBS and want to write a letter.. fire Couric and get Bob Shieffer back!!

Does anyone have contact info for CBS news execs?

[onecent]

22. I just wrote a note to them at E-MAIL: [e-mail]. n/t

[BREMPRO]

30. Thanks! here's what i wrote...

I would like to express my disgust that you gave Rush Limbaugh a platform on your prime time evening news segment "free speech". This was not news, or free speech. It's biased and twisted opinion- and his opinion, unchallenged, will leave people with the impression that your news division supports his positions. He is a notorious liar, former drug addict, and corporate shill, who distorts, ignores, or invents facts to fit right wing ideology. Giving him the opportunity to spread his propaganda to a your impressionable audience is unbecoming of a major US news division that has a long tradition of providing unbiased news to the country. After watching your "Are We Safer" special last night I'm wondering if that objective reporting in service of the public is now lost to corporate and right wing interests.

If you are going to continue this segment, I would suggest you give allow rebuttals so people can respond to bias and misstatement of fact.

Also, Katie Couric is a big disappointment, not just for an apparent bias in her reporting, but the superficial talk show tone of the show. You've lost me as a viewer.

I loved Bob Sheiffer. He has wisdom, a depth of experience, humor, and gave knowledgeable and informative interviews. Get him back and i'll watch again.


Brad White
Parsonsfield Maine

[OzarkDem]

20. Right wing nut jobs are a pretty small market

Their advertisers must be counting on selling a lot of product to people whose brains are as underdeveloped as their social skills.

[WinkyDink]

21. Bushco has surpassed their dreams. They got Liberals to hate the MSM.

And citzens in general to totally distrust the MSM, from the NYT to CBS to ABC.

People will now be ready to trust ONLY the WH.

[BREMPRO]

23. 911 911 terrorism, nukes, Islamofascism, bin laden, al-qaida 911 911

News? this in not "NEWS" this is propaganda

[Junkdrawer]

24. WTF did he just say? "You don't negotiate with people whose...

starting point is our death!"

If he's talking about actual terrorists, who is suggesting diplomacy?

If he's talking about Iran, I don't think their starting point is our death.

Unless he knows that a terror attack is coming that will be blamed on Iran... :tinfoilhat:

[notadmblnd]

40. you know, there was a head talking on tweety's show tongiht

Tucker something but not Carlson. He said something that alluded to the fact that he thinks we'll see something soon that will make Americans realize the real threat of terrorist. To me it was very forboding and at the time I thought to myself, did he jsut make a threat.

[Junkdrawer]

43. My hair is growing grayer every day this month...

Something's up.

[Eric J in MN]

46. Tucker Eskew (NT)

NT

[blm]

49. Tucker Eskew? He's a campaign strategist for the hardcore fascist wing of

the GOP. When they bring him on camera, it means they are in full assault mode.

[BREMPRO]

58. scary... and bush's confidence that they would hold congress in 06

eerily reminded me of his statement before FL 2000- when he KNEW he would be anointed. Something profoundly terrible is in the works... new al qaeda terror vid, 911 saturation, terrorism media chat.. keep your eyes open.

[Flying Dream Blues]

68. That is scary. Any way to get to the transcript?

[notadmblnd]

69. I don't know, maybe MSNBC

I'm sure the show repeats but I don't know what time, it was on the 7pm est time that it aired when I watched.

on edit; I checked, you should be able to find the transcript here by tomorrow. It also repeats at 3 am if you plan on being up then.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3719710/

I really do hope I heard wrong.

[Jaydog]

45. Guess what

Rush is still a big fat idiot. I'm hoping he'll explode at some point. He is so full of shit that he might just do it.

[otohara]

25. What Did He Say

do tell!

[Eric J in MN]

32. Transcript.

"It is time to face a hard cold fact: Militant Islam wants to kill us just because we are alive and don't believe as they do. And they have been killing us for decades. It is time to stop pretending these are mere episodic events and face the reality that our way of life is in grave danger. This threat will not just go away because we choose to ignore it.

Some say we try diplomacy. Tell me, how do we negotiate with people whose starting point is our death? Ask them to wait for 10 years, before they kill us? When Good negotiates with Evil, Evil will always wins.

And peace follows victory, not words issued by diplomats.

Unfortunately, some Americans are not interested in victory. And they want us to believe that their irresponsible behavior is Patriotic. Well, it's not."

The rest.

[rodeodance]

37. "When Good negotiates with Evil, Evil will always wins." with this logi

guess their is no talking with the WH. heh?

[spanone]

48. ...and CBS gave this raving lunatic a national stage.

pathetic

[Canuckistanian]

28. This blows the "liberal media" cover

From now on, The Pigboy has no right to complain about CBS - they obviously ain't liberal.

[Rex]

31. You have to understand; the M$M works day in and day out to

to get the people Karl Rove wants elected back or into office. Anyone who doesn't know that by now is a fool.

[Eric J in MN]

33. I'm not upset by this, because...

...I'm hoping there will be strong liberal voices in the "freeSpeech" segment within a few weeks.

If there aren't, then I'll be upset.

[TreasonousBastard]

39. Me niether...

I'm looking at this as just a huge PR campaign to get people to tune in to CBS, ans so far it seems to be working-- ratings doubled the first Couric night.

Now, what they do with these new viewers down the road is the question.

[LisaM]

34. Look, whenever Rush goes mainstream, he fails

He lasted on ESPN for about negative ten seconds, and he managed to unwittingly jumpstart Donovan McNabb's career and popularity (within about a month, about sixty percent of the commercials for football games featured Donavan McNabb and/or his mother). I'm hoping Rush can do for liberals what he did for McNabb!

Despite the fact that he reaches millions through his show, it's nothing compared to the audience a national news show receives. Most people are startled when they see how vitriolic people like Limbaugh really are. I predict that this will backfire on Rush.

[TreasonousBastard]

44. I missed the segment tonight, but...

he can't do TV, and he can't do anything when he isn't the only gasbag on the air.

His TV show tanked in the first few weeks out and they ran out his contract putting him on at 3AM. Other times he was on panels and everyone, even other conservatives, wiped the floor with him. Now, he refuses to go on air when anyone might challenge him.

This was simply a CBS ratings stunt, admittedly in very poor taste, but it will be forgotten soon enough.

[dancingme]

35. The Right side of Rush's face is fatter than the Left side

Anyone notice? His Right side is filled with hot air. Or that's where he stores the Oxy and the Viagra for the winter.

[Buzz Clik]

36. Think of all the energy I saved by not watching.

[JuniperLea]

38. Stupid librul media...

oh, wait...

[AwakeAtLast]

41. I did, too. I need a shower now

Too many Nazi-era talking points for both me and my Iraq vet. husband.

:puke:

[B Calm]

47. She said all sides will be heard. You'd think then Mike Malloy

would be their next guest, but no.... They'll probably put an Ed Shultz or a Joe Lieberman...

[Mr_Spock]

50. Oh, no - not another "all or nothing" post

followed up by the "me too" posters :eyes:

This shit is getting old. Is she planning on having that RW ass hole on every day? I don't think so.

Is anybody forcing you to watch it? I don't think so - I certainly didn't.

Will she have liberals on to balance Duggie Limpballs? I think you can count on that.

It was posted days ago that Druggie Limpballs would be on this week - why the fake outrage?

[LibinMo]

51. I didn't watch CBS news tonight.

Now I won't be watching it any night. I changed my
Dish tuner to NBC.

[Pacifist Patriot]

52. What the hell is newsworthy about an anchor interviewing a talk show host?

[Cha]

53. I bet brian williams is soooooooo

jealous!

[pretzel4gore]

56. a table dancer interviewing another table dancer....

upchuck time :puke:

[Nikki Stone 1]

72. Excellent, excellent point!

The answer is "nothing" of course.

[ananda]

54. Bush is certifiably insane..

.. and the media seem to be going along for the ride, all agog that the pResident is talking to them personally.

Sheesh. They all look totally stupid and insane.

And they're all crazed limbaughtomized lunatics, that's for sure!

What's passing for network news these days is neither news nor balanced.

Not one person was allowed to rebut Bush's interview or Limbaugh's crazed rant. However, on a real news show, neither one of these cretins would even be shown because a news agency that does its job would mean that the American public would be so informed as to not vote for Bush and not tolerate rw hatemongers.

Sue

[dflprincess]

55. I'm surprised the rate that Ed Murrow is spinning in his grave hasn't

registered on the Richter Scale.

[Pacifist Patriot]

57. Very good point.

[The Backlash Cometh]

59. We also have the right to free speech, and we're exercising it now.

We can disagree, we can debate, we can argue. It's all protected under the First Amendment. Katie is being an icky PCer if she can't see it goes both ways.

[IrishBloodEngHeart]

61. Its straight out of the movie "NETWORK". Its all abou entertainment

not news.

[Samantha]

62. This thread made me realize what CBS must stand for

Cannot Be Serious ....

[LibertyLover]

63. Katie is a shrill shill -

This afternoon driving home the news radio station I listen to played her "Pages from my diary" segment. She gushed about being in the White House and interviewing Shrub. How no matter if we agree or disagree with him we all had to admit that he had the toughest job in the world. WTF? How many vacations has that man taken? She went on to say that she hadn't realized how much a Texan Bush was until she saw his swagger. It's what gives his admirers confidence in him and what his detractors could, she guessed, call cockiness. You "guess" girlfriend? She ended by saying you could tell how much pride Bush takes in the White House because one of her production crew had his tie loosened and Bush dressed him down saying that he better straighten that tie 'cause he was in the White House and how much she loved that. Some day, if the Gods are good, I would love to get a chance to tell Bush that, as an American citizen, he works for me and if I want to dress in a casual fashion around my employee, I most certainly will. Sure, I'll wind up in Gitmo, but you know it might just be worth it to see the gaffed fish look on his face.

[gulliver]

64. The price of the Bush interview? n/t

[Lex]

66. They do like to "catapult the propaganda" as Dubya has stated,

so I wouldn't be surprised.

[judaspriestess]

65. The correct view is obviously while you are on oxycotin

Fuck You!! Drug Addict!!

[SammyWinstonJack]

67. CBS was my last hope. I am done. nt

[doc03]

70. Isn't Bill Clinton on tomorrow night? As long as both

sides get to speak I have no problem with it. The wingnuts hate her almost as much as Hillary, if both sides hate her she must be doing something right.

[SammyWinstonJack]

71. Oh and I just bet that Katie "Navy Seals Rock" Couric will treat

former President Clinton with kid gloves. :sarcasm: